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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards
Arrives: Feb. 15Box basics: Six Young Guns and more in the mix in every 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Upper Deck’s flagship hockey brand gets an update very soon with even more Young Guns, inserts and hits to be found inside its packs.

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The Basics: The 200-card base set will have Canvas versions that are found four per box along with Clear Cut PETG parallels one in every third box. Canvas Young Guns will be in every other box. Also in the mix will be high-gloss (/10) and Exclusives (/100) parallels as well as printing plates. … Among the autos will be 1,000-point Club cards (also with jerseys), UD Signatures and O-Pee-Chee Update cards. A rare find limited to just 10 copies will be a Canvas Pavel Bure auto. … For memorabilia cards, there are Rookie Materials, UD Game Jerseys, 1,000-Point Club Jerseys, Rookie Materials Patches and UD Game Patches. … For rookie chasers there will be Rookie Breakouts acetate diecuts (/100) as well as UD Portraits Rookies that will have numbered Gold (/99) and Platinum Blue (/25) parallels. … Also in the inserts will be O-Pee-Chee Update cards with Retro, Rainbow, Black and Red versions. … Adding to the chase will be Day With The Cup cards (1:1,000 packs).

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